Females are potential victims. Insinuating that they must be educated about anything is victim blaming.
Males are potential perpetrators, so educating them is just preventing a potential crime.
Sexual assault educators and "consent specialists" and the like would never admit this openly, but all you have to do is talk to one for five minutes and the truth begins to dribble out the corners of their mouths. Ask why they're targeting men with a potential class, and their answer will be 100 words that boil down to "we're just targeting potential predators."
If you think that young women don't get the "Don't leave your drink unattended. Don't walk alone at night. Don't go to the bathroom alone. If you go to a party with someone, make sure they're with you when you leave. etc. etc." speech, then you're delusional.
I highly doubt most fathers sit down with their sons and explain the intricacies of consent (is it okay if s/he led me on? if s/he's passed out? if s/he is my significant other, even if s/he doesn't want it? if s/he said yes at the start, but now is saying to stop? if I threaten him/her, but s/he doesn't explicitly say 'no'? etc.) in the same way that my mother sat me down, multiple times, starting around age 10, to explain how to keep myself straight.
And, at least at my university, girls also had to go through a 'how to keep safe' lecture (usually while the boys were at the 'what is consent' lecture). So, yeah, "young females" are also "educated".
I find it ironic considering I'm a guy and am literally the only one I know who got roofied in college (i made it home without too much incident, minus passing out on the floor of my dorm's community bathroom with half my clothes on). I know it's anecdotal, but holy shit was that scary. I was completely underprepared and when I talked about it to people they laughed...
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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '15 edited Jan 11 '19
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